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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

eSchool News

Those changes will be effective for students in the Class of 2029, or current eighth graders. And many schools offer CTE programs like aerospace, robotics, or conservation that could help students get into high-demand undergraduate programs at universities.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

eSchool News

The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot. DERRY, N.H. –

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PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations in these fields are projected to grow 8 percent by 2029, more than double the growth rate of non-scientific professions. Rural students also had fewer opportunities to do math and science outside of the classroom, activities such as science fairs, robotics competitions and math clubs.

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?Preparing For an Unknown Future

Edsurge

Our 4 million kinders will leave public school in 2029 having spent more than 16,000 hours of their lives doing mandatory classroom time, and if they are lucky, they will enter the job market sometime in the 2030s. If we have any hope of doing right by the 4 million students in the class of 2029, then the time for change is now.

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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

The Hechinger Report

Those changes will be effective for students in the class of 2029, or current eighth graders. And many schools offer CTE programs like aerospace, robotics or conservation that could help students get into high-demand undergraduate programs at universities.